Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:07:10 +0100 From: Stuart Henderson <stuart@internationalschool.co.uk> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: WebSillyness Message-ID: <3606416E.123120E9@internationalschool.co.uk>
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http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ Open Source Beer Revolution Written by James Baughn on August 9, 1998 from the adult-beverage dept. Yesterday, Red Hat introduced an 'open source' beer called Red Brew. The recipes for making the beer are available for free over the Net, and microbrewery kits are available at low cost from Red Hat. Says a Red Hat spokesman, "With the proliferation of free (open source) software, it was only a matter of time before open source beer became reality. After all, the only thing hackers like more than free software is free beer!" Following the Red Hat annoucement, other companies are racing to launch their own beer 'distribution'. Caldera is developing an OpenBrew beer. Meanwhile, Patrick Volkerding is working on a SlackBeer distribution, and GNU/DebianBrew is expected soon. "With all the beer distributions coming soon, microbrewers will have plenty of options to choose from," the webmaster of the newly-formed opensourcebeer.org website said. Traditional breweries and beer distributors are not thrilled about open source beer. "This is ludicrous! People want beer that comes from time-tested, secret recipes -- not beer from recipes invented overnight! Open source is a fad," a spokesman for Buddwizzer Beer, Inc. said. In addition, other beverage distributors are nervous. "First open source beer, and soon open source soft drinks! Before we know it, we'll have RedCoke and SlackPepsi! This open source plague must be stopped before it eats into our bottom line! Don't quote me on that last sentence," the CEO of Croak-a-Cola said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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